India, April 17 -- Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra's lawyer on Wednesday questioned the proceedings against his client and the alleged "mechanic nature" of the police in targeting him before the Bombay high court.

The Bombay high court was hearing Kunal Kamra's plea against the FIR in the row over his parody song allegedly targeting Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde.

Senior advocate Navroz Seervai, representing Kunal Kamra, said the case fell within the "rarest of rare" category as the law machinery was used by persons who took umbrage with Kamra's exercise of free speech, guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.

Seeking a complete stay on the investigation against Kamra, the lawyer said that the apex court ha...